Tara Tan sues Standard Hotel: Giving birth gets you fired in NYC?

Now we have the case of Tara Tan, who was apparently fired for giving birth at the hotel where she worked.

According to The New York Post, Tan was working late into her second pregnancy when she felt herself going into labour. She called her husband to drive her to the hospital but when he arrived she was ready to give birth — and did so in a room on the hotel’s 15th floor.

When she returned to work three days later (wow, hire this woman!) her boss told her she would be docked pay for the time she missed.

Tan said she soon found herself being stripped of responsibilities and was falsely accused of stealing boxes. Tan also said a superior fired her, saying she didn’t fit into the “culture of the hotel,” the Post reported.

Tan has now filed a US$10-million sexual discrimination lawsuit against Standard Hotel, which should ensure she never has to work again.